A well-known writer recently referred to 2004-14 as the "golden age" of the yet unfolding India story. Of course, there are many challenges yet to be overcome, but we are certainly headed in the right direction. History will indeed record your innumerable accomplishments in many an encyclopedic study.

I have often visualized the BJP election machinery employing professional advertising copywriters for this campaign who double up as speech-writers too; everything is scripted to their desired perfection, and then to attract electronic media, in particular, sound- bytes are artfully manufactured.